diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-mysql.yml
index 1b4e8ca4..b88e39ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-mysql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-mysql.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
 
     steps:
+      - name: Show databases for root user
+        run: mysql --protocol=tcp -h localhost -P 13306 -u root -proot -e "ALTER DATABASE spiral CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;"
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/tests/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker-compose.yml
index 8cb062a9..a0ca57a3 100644
--- a/tests/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ services:
 
   cycle-mysql_latest:
     image: mysql:8.0.37
-    restart: always
-    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+    restart: on-failure
+    command: |
+      --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+      --character-set-server=utf8mb4
+      --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
     ports:
       - "13306:3306"
     environment:
       MYSQL_DATABASE: "spiral"
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "root"
       MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
-      MYSQL_CHARSET: "utf8mb4"
-      MYSQL_COLLATION: "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
 
   cycle-postgres:
     image: postgres:15.2
-    restart: always
+    restart: on-failure
     ports:
       - "15432:5432"
     environment: